Other observations of Ribes

Species with which Ribes interacts

Comments

All three are edible,you can tell the difference when flowering but obviously that is not possible.I would say they are going to be blackcurrants as I have all three and the black are just starting to ripen,makes a lovely wine and jam,jelly must say wine is rather high in alcohol volume.

Ribes is the scientific name but I think this shows how important scientific names are as there are so many common names about,blackcurrants are sweeter than red which are rather tart and white in-between.It is one of the easiest plants to propagate and makes a great edible hedge.

Thanks for all the comments! The original plant was destroyed in a lovely piece of verge cutting, but I found one very close to it which appears to be the same. The berries on it, and two other close to it, are all taking an age to ripen, possibly due to the weather, but it looks from the last 2 photos uploaded that it is indeed a redcurrant. I'll keep an eye on it just in case.